Example sentences of "they [vb mod] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I suspect now that you know I mean I they might still to move given to one or two of my family members , but basically I could more openly say you know that in fact I suppose my view in Britain but not in Australia but my view in Britain is okay , the Royal Family could continue to exist they must A pay taxes B I do n't genuflect to any of them and C we 've got ta put them in perspective they 're in which is they 're a tourist attraction erm you know but I and I can make those comments which would be met by a lot of Britons with hostility , people who would totally disagree with me and say well they are the Royals and you know bow , bow , bow , but others would agree with me and that is something that has changed over the last three decades it really has , it 's changed during , during my absence in Australia , it is something you know that I came back to and I mean I kept , I 've been back about three or four weeks and there 's a pro I mean there 's some delightful radio programmes here comedy , political comedy shows and there was one show I listened to and I had been back a couple of weeks and it was about erm the Queen had a P R issue and she had to sort of do something about it , so she decided they 'd have a public execution of Edward and they described Edward was a cream puff and they the Queen and and er Andrew and everybody else was on the balcony at er Buck House and the crowds are cheering and the rolled and the the execution . |
| 2 | Why , do you think they 'll a paedophile or something ? |
| 3 | It is indeed true that balance of payments deficits can be sustained for longer than they could a generation ago ; we would have never got this far without a much worse sterling crisis if that were not the case . |
| 4 | ‘ Firms look on maternity leave just as they would a skiing holiday . |
| 5 | It is one of Robin Child 's primary aims that everyone should learn to be visually literate , to learn to read a picture as they would a book . |
| 6 | erm , and there are two aspects , that they can a stimulant and whilst I 'm , I would agree that many women , it is part of dealing with problems in their lives , coping with stress , that part of that is also withdrawal symptoms from the nicotine , and |